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Ec78-219 1978 Nebraska Swine Report, Dwane R. Zimmerman, Roger Kinsey, Roy Carlson, Bobby D. Moser, Dean Boyd, Wayne R. Cast, R. D. Fritschen, Donald L. Ferguson, Jerry Jensen, E. R. Peo Jr., James A. Deshazer, David P. Shelton, D. M. Danielson, M.E. England, D.S. Pollman, Bruce Treffer, William Ahlschwede, Larry W. Olson, T. E. Socha

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This 1978 Nebraska Swine Report was prepared by the staff in Animal Science and cooperating departments for use in the Extension and Teaching programs at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Authors from the following areas contributed to this publication: Swine Nutrition, swine diseases, pathology, economics, engineering, swine breeding, meats, agronomy, and diagnostic laboratory. It covers the following areas: breeding, disease control, feeding, nutrition, economics, housing and meats.

G78-395 Feeding Corn And Sorghum Silages To Beef Cattle, Paul Q. Guyer

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Corn and sorghum silages are versatile feeds that can be supplemented so that they are satisfactory for part of most growing and finishing rations. Harvesting corn as silage and planting forage sorghums for silage have the advantage that they maximize beef production per acre compared to harvesting these crops by other methods and other cropping programs. Another important advantage is that harvesting, storage and feeding can be completely mechanized.

However, as the costs of machinery, fuel, and labor have increased, the cost of harvesting silage has increased more rapidly than harvesting as grain.